How to wake up
Allow annoying beeping to disperse dreams
Wonder location and what's happening
Slowly open eyes and blink
Make aware of surroundings
Follow with groaning session and state of denial
Roll over and tap snooze button
Mumble cuss words at clock and fall back asleep
Repeat from beginning
Repeat from beginning
Allow annoying banging on door to disperse dreams
Keep eyes closed and pretend still sleeping
May feel pulling sensation at feet
Commence groaning session again
Hold pillow tightly as being dragged
As it will prevent brain damage when head hits floor
Once safely on the ground
Proceed with pummeling brother with pillow
This exercise should complete waking-up process
If not, prepare for mother-yelling stage
As will be better explained in the next section

My eyes POP open at 5:30 am....everyday. ugh. Doesn't matter when I go to bed. And the clocks go back this weekend! ahhhhhh!!!! So now it'll be 4:30! lol SUCKS!
Di

i put my alarm clock where i have to get up and turn it off

lol hayan, very descriptive

my alarm clock is across the room, I get up, hit snooze, go back to bed, getting up is harder for me now than it used to be, not quite sure why

Slowly, irritably, angrily,cursing the creation of the sun and its annoying and pitiless,heartbreaking habit of rising.

Glad you can get up at least, I sure can't

Wow thanks for the quick replies eh

haha HAYAN very creative eh :P

"Allow annoying beeping to disperse dreams
Wonder location and what's happening
Slowly open eyes and blink
Make aware of surroundings "

Like this section BEST ! :)

although moaning sounds like fun.

Jane wow I would love my eyes to POP :P haha... they seem to drag open..

mm...

alarm clocks eh :P
Music sounds good.

perhaps I should place mine... not beside the bed ;) ha...

loud alarm & extra time... I am slow to wake... not much for getting up...

my clock is twenty minutes fast, so I can hit the snooze a lot

it's a silly mind game on myself, but I always fall for it

I bought the loudest alarm clock known to mankind and placed it at the opposite side of the room so that I have to physically get out of the bed to shut the bloody thing off.

NO snooze buttons allowed.

It's helpful to have some fears on the go so that if you don't haul it out of the sac that there will be some consequences. Fear can be a great motivator.

On weekdays, ponder (when able) how you would feel if you had no job and, hence, had no reason to wake up. Hot showers help, too, once you can make it to the bathroom. lob, jreb

I am slowly coming out of this phase. I am one of those who has no reason to get up except to feed the animals and let out the dog. There are times when I go for days without showering, and go from the bed to the computer, to the fridge. I make only frozen foods and take them to the computer or to the bed.
Recently I have been making more appointments, thankfully I am with an agency that sends out volunteers to pick me up, otherwise left to my own devices I'd never go out except with my husband.
Now I've hurt my back and this next week I have to get myself to the chiropractor twice by myself, I've challenged myself. (My hubby's taken me twice so far)
I start with baby steps and play let's make a deal. You can go back to bed after you've brushed your teeth and combed your hair. or After you've done the dishes, or after you've scooped the litter box. I had to take baby steps and some days I couldn't do it. My husband is part time and is home half the time. I asked him for help and he does help me get into the shower, reminds me of things, and now is helping me cook again. 'We did not eat frozen food tonight. I bought some prepared salads and broiled some fish with his help, and DS here, I am doing it. People write to me, encourage me to do things by messaging. It all is working. The volunteer is taking me to the therapist next week. I can only get a certain amount of rides per month. I try to use them wisely. I try to keep up with my journal and try to read what others are going through. Recently I've been exploring the boards which initially I was terrified of and that's been good for me.
So getting out of bed, and staying out of it for the entire day is a real coup for me and I have managed to do that several times last month. It';s getting better.

pozfem, your post made me laugh! I also make deals with myself. For example, the night before, I'll find my favorite food (do mini powdered sugar donuts count as food) and I'll get to eat them if I wake up by, say, 8:00. Then, I'll fall asleep and remind myself of the deal. I'll also plan what I attend to do with the extra time I have for getting up early (I usually get up at (9:00-10:30). Fast forward: it's 7:00 a.m. and my dog has his head on my bed and is wimpering loudly. I look at the clock: it's 7:00. Man, I kick ass! I let the dog out. I look at the paper. I eat my treat. I then let the dog back in and curl up on the couch. All of the sudden it's now 11:00 and I really should get some work down today. So I roll off the couch and kick myself for being so damn lazy (and kick myself again after reminding myself that it's not okay to be critical of myself). I then race off to work. Come home and repeat. I go through a lot of powdered donuts this way...

I do hope you share the darned donuts with the dog! Baby steps, people tell me. baby steps.

Nope, the dog gets no powdered donuts because I blame him for letting me go back to sleep and for cuddling up next to me too! He knows the deal, so he should know better! Also, I'm careful to eat the donuts while he's still outside. I'm the one who woke up, right, so I deserve the donuts, not him. Never mind the fact that he was the one who woke me up in the first place. Silly dog (I hope he can't read).